1. Introduction -- Section I: Cultural Relevance of Diagnostic Categories: A Conceptual Discussion -- 2. Understanding the Rates and Distribution of Mental Disorders -- 3. Examining the Usefulness of DSM-IV -- 4. Toward a New Paradigm: A Cultural Systems Approach -- 5. Challenging the Myth of a Culture Free Nosological System -- Section II: Theories of Relevant Sociocultural Variables -- 6. Assessing Acculturation and Cultural Variables -- 7. Models of Cultural Orientation: Differences Between American-born and Overseas-born Asians -- 8. Cultural Variations in Self-Construal as a Mediator of Distress and Well-being -- 9. The Use of Culturally-Based Variables in Assessment: Studies on Loss of Face -- Section III: Issues of Psychometric Equivalence Across Cultures -- 10. Universal and Indigenous Dimensions of Chinese Personality -- 11. Interpreting Cultural Variations in Cognitive Profiles -- 12. The Conception of Depression in Chinese Americans -- 13. Assessing Asian and Asian American Parenting: A Review of the Literature -- Section IV: Culturally Informed Assessment, Research, and Practice -- 14. Assessing Psychiatric Prevalence Rates Among Asian Americans -- 15. The Place of Ethnographic Understanding in the Assessment of 219 Asian American Mental Health -- 16. The Clinical Assessment of Asian American Children -- 17. Examining the Role of Culture in Educational Assessment -- 18. A Cultural Accommodation Approach to Career Assessment with Asian Americans -- 19. Theory and Method of Multicultural Counseling Competency Assessment -- 20. Assessment of Cultural Competence in Mental Health Systems of Care for Asian Americans -- Section V: Conclusions -- 21. Advances in the Scientific Study of Asian Americans -- Author Index.